adnate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached
    • a calyx adnate to the ovary

WordNet

Ad"nate adjective
Etymology
L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol.) Grown to congenitally.
  2. (Bot.) Growing together; -- said only of organic cohesion of unlike parts.
    An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. Gray.
  3. (Zoöl.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Webster 1913